Net inflows in direct investments in the country totaled $9.185 billion last month, compared to $4.600 billion in September 2021. This is the highest net inflow for September since 2017.
In the same month in 2021, the deficit had been $1.175 billion. In the 12-month span ended in July, the deficit totaled $36.585 billion—2.08 percent of the GDP.
The calculation is made by the Central Bank, and includes purchases and sales of goods, services, as well as revenue exchange between Brazil and other nations.
In 2021, direct investment in the country saw a net inflow of $46.4 billion, 2.89 percent of the GDP, more than enough to clear the negative figure.
According to Fernando Rocha, the Central Bank’s head of Statistics, the difference in the performance of current transactions, in the yearly comparison, is due to the increase in the commercial surplus.
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